We have a new president.
Change is here.
Change is here.
I'm feeling fairly giddy with relief
and
hope.
"We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America,
there has never been anything false about hope."
~ Barack Obama
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Yep...so much hope. Congrats!
It's a beautiful day, diva, not just for Americans, but for all of us who strive for a better society. Let's not fool ourselves, though, the hard work starts tomorrow :-).
Greetings from London.
Have a fabulous inauguration day, HDD - Hang onto that hope!
I also am feeling very hopeful and grateful today!
I am too! This could be an amazing next 4 years and so historic to boot!
so happy for America ! and yes the rest of the world...
have a great day today Diva!
:-)
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
-Alexander Pope,
An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733
What a wonderful quote of his.
(You know how I feel!)
I share all of your excitement and hope.
Hi Diva, Yes, many young working boys who spent extended time on the streets did smoke, as it suppressed the appetite and helped keep them awake.
I love that quote, "there has never been anything false about hope"!! Great post HDD :)
YESSSSSSS! An excellent quote and an excellent day. Hooray for us all.
Enjoy this very special day! I'm also very excited. Brilliant quote!
I am so grateful to take a part in this historic moment in America's history...even if that means taking photos of my television and making patriotic cookies with my sons.
This day repudiates so many negatives in our long past and recent past (racial bigotry, torture as a national policy, politics of fear). I feel like a cloud has lifted from the nation and the region I am proud to call home (DC and its suburbs). O-Ba-Ma!!
It's such an emotional day. I feel like laughing and crying at the same time. God bless America.
I just can't wipe the smile off my face...and don't want to...yippee!!!
Hope, it's what gets us through the night.
I love your new shot..is that a crown on your head? Just so darn neat...
BTW...I loved your rebuttal on tyranny @About New York...call 'em like we see um!
Fairly giddy completely sums it up for me!
I woke up this morning to find it snowing. The world was quiet around me, and with that hush, I felt at peace. Maybe it was a portent of things to come?
Hope is a GOOD thing.
Congratulations USA!
I have been a giddy, blubbering, misty yeed and joyful mess all day watching this coverage. Hope was so underrated before, it is spreading so fast and for good reason :)
I hope all the best to you in the USA with this new fresh start!
As Glinda would say, "You can come out now! He's gone!"
Amen! And I love this quote.
I have never been so excited about the election of a new president before. Hurray!!
I love hope...everybody should too...Hope transforms and gives us something to look forward to and sometimes a reason to live and believe in the future.
He's a beautiful man inside and out. I may be across the pond, but I feel safer in this world knowing he's in charge of the nation now.
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